North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak

[andyrigby2410]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
"Tyrers

Revised timetables on services 90, 512, 516, 584 and 694. No service on service 513."

To elaborate:
90 - running every 90 minutes.
512/513 - routes are combined and running two hourly. The Prestolee section of the 557 is also included but roads around the back of Farnworth are omitted.
513 - combined with 512.
557 - withdrawn but Prestolee section served by 512.
694 - running two hourly.
516/584 - running two hourly Sundays only.

[SF07]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
Arriva will amend the timetables for the 14, 19, 20, 31, 32, 34, 61 (Halton), 82, 86A, 110, 245, 310, 320, 362, 410, 413, 437, 487, 500 and 575 services from this Sunday (26 April). The amended changes are:

14: The first Monday-Saturday departure (0447 from Tower Hill, 0545 from Liverpool) are re-timed to run 15 minutes earlier.
19: Every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime (increased from hourly)
20 (St Helens): Service re-timed to run 20 minutes later (xx55 from St Helens, xx23 from Earlestown).
31: Monday-Saturday evening service increased to every 30 minutes (currently hourly)
32: An additional Monday-Saturday journey introduced at 2217 from Clinkham Wood.
34: An additional Monday-Saturday journey introduced at 2125 from St Helens to Newton-le-Willows
61 (Halton): Monday-Saturday journeys re-timed to run 10 minutes earlier.
82: An additional Monday-Saturday journey introduced at 0551 from Liverpool to Speke
86A: An additional Monday-Saturday journey introduced at 0435 from Liverpool to John Lennon Airport
110: The 0530 Monday-Saturday journey from Windmill Hill to Warrington is re-timed to run 10 minutes earlier at 0520. The 2155 Monday-Saturday journey from Warrington to Windmill Hill is re-timed to run 10 minutes later at 2205.
245: Monday-Saturday journeys from Trafford Centre are re-timed to run 10 minutes earlier, departing on the hour (xx00).
310: The 0556 Monday-Saturday departure from Ormskirk to Liverpool is extended to start from Skelmersdale at 0526. An additional Monday-Saturday journey is introduced at 0555 from Aintree Racecourse to Liverpool.
320: The 1945 Monday-Saturday departure from St Helens to Wigan is re-timed to run 20 minutes later at 2005. The 2050 Monday-Saturday departure from Wigan to St Helens is re-timed to run 5 minutes later at 2055. An additional Monday-Saturday journey is introduced at 0520 from St Helens to Ashton-in-Makerfield.
362: The 0615 Monday-Saturday departure from Wigan to Chorley is re-timed to run 5 minutes earlier at 0610.
410: The 0627 Monday-Saturday departure from Birkenhead Park to Clatterbridge Hospital is extended to start from New Brighton at 0610.
413: An additional Monday-Saturday journey is introduced at 0558 from Seacombe Ferry to Woodside.
437: The 0705 Monday-Saturday departure from Laird Street to Liverpool is extended to start from West Kirby at 0634.
487: An additional Monday-Saturday journey is introduced at 0639 from Birkenhead to Ness.
500: Monday-Saturday daytime journeys (departures before 1900) are re-timed to run 12 minutes later in both directions (xx59 from Murdishaw, xx02 from Liverpool).
575: The 1745 Monday-Saturday departure from Wigan to Bolton is re-timed to run 15 minutes later at 1800

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/coronavirus/...orth-west/

Meanwhile, in Greater Manchester, several contracted services have changed, along with the replacement services for MCT and Jim Stones.

Diamond Bus are running several former MCT routes in Stockport and Trafford, while services in Tameside and Oldham have gone to Stotts and Stagecoach. Diamond Bus have lost some contract work in Wigan and Leigh to Stagecoach, Vision Bus and Warrington's Own Buses.

The new Diamond services are:

Frequencies:
7: Every two hours evenings
18: Every two hours throughout day and evening. No Sunday evening service
44: Every two hours daytime
70: Three journeys each way Sunday daytime (Every two hours)
197: Every two hours evenings and Sundays
217: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime between Ashton and Manchester; every two hours evenings and Sundays between Droylsden and Manchester
247: Every two hours evenings
312: Every two hours daytime
328: Every two hours evenings
329: Every two hours evenings
372: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
382: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime between Woodley and Stockport; every two hours Sunday daytime between Greave and Stockport
584: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
682: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
X5: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime with a 90 minute gap on first journey from Stockport and last journey from Sale. Every two hours Sunday daytime with three hour gap on last journey from Sale

https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/dbnw-c...e-changes/

Warrington's Own Buses' new services:

583: Every two hours Monday-Saturday evenings; every hour Sunday daytime
590: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
596: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
607: 0708 from New Springs
630: 0745 from Lower Ince
640/641: Approximately every 90 minutes (Varies between 80 and 95 minute gaps)
715: Every two hours Sundays

https://www.warringtonsownbuses.co.uk/em...timetables

And Stagecoach Manchester:
9: No mention of evening journeys but appears to be every two hours.
41 (Ashton): Every two hours evenings and Sundays (listed as 41A on Stagecoach website, not 41 or 341)
115/116: New routes introduced on these services - every hour
232: Every two hours evenings
237 (MCT Journeys): Every two hours evenings
336: Every hour daytime; every two hours evenings
337: No service
339: Every two hours Sunday daytime
345: Every two hours throughout day and evening
375: Continues to run?
389: Every two hours throughout day and evening with two and a half hour gap on last Monday-Saturday journey
396: Every two hours evenings and Sundays
415: Every two hours evenings and Sundays
584: Every two hours evenings

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:01:17:971

Stotts have posted on Twitter the details of the temporary timetables for their new and amended services in Tameside and Oldham that started this week, although they are missing details of the 402. Bustimes.org have it listed as being a normal timetable, running hourly between Derker and Oozewood.

41A: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime (listed as 41A, presumably due to Stagecoach re-numbering to 41A, to avoid confusion with service 41 between Middleton and Manchester)
129: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
151: Every hour between Failsworth Tesco and NMGH
159: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
335: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
339: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime
343: Every hour Monday-Saturday daytime (claims the 340 is still running, despite TfGM saying it has been withdrawn)
403: Normal timetable (hourly service between Oldham and Shaw with last journey running between Oldham and Dr Kershaw's Hospice and back)
419: Every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime

https://twitter.com/BusesOldham

Also, bustimes.org have Nexus Move's 356 service running at approximately every two hours Monday-Saturday daytime between Oldham and Ashton via Denshaw, Uppermill and Stalybridge. The Sunday service currently listed as being normal timetable, which every two hours full route and every hour between Oldham and Denshaw. The Sunday service on the 402 is running every two hours.

https://bustimes.org/services/356-greenfield-denshaw
https://bustimes.org/services/402-oldham...circular-2

No details on Vision Bus's new services, however bustimes.org have the 638 running every two hours, while the 588 and 595 are listed as running every hour. The evening journeys on services 516 and 593 are listed as normal.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
Thanks SF07 for another very comprehensive round up.

[Mikeonthebuses]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
Got a correction for you

Go North West as Acquired routes 96 and 415

96 Every 2 hours
415 Every 2 Hours Monday to Saturday Daytime

[SF07]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
First Manchester have updated their timetables, which are in place until 9th May (includes Bank Holiday Friday). No real changes on the Oldham depot routes with a emergency Sunday timetable operating on Bank Holiday Friday, with some additional early morning journeys on services 84, 182, 350 and 409.

Vantage will continue to run half-hourly services on service V1 and V2 during the daytime with extra peak-time journeys on service V1. In the evenings, the V1 will run every half hour between MRI and Leigh, while service V2 will become a shuttle service between Tyldesley and Atherton with connections at Tyldlesey with service V1.

https://www.firstgroup.com/greater-manch...nformation
https://www.firstgroup.com/uploads/node_...rd May.pdf
https://www.firstgroup.com/uploads/node_...rd May.pdf

Meanwhile, Stagecoach in Wigan have changed the times of the 3/4 services (Wigan-Kitt Green) from today.

The Monday-Saturday daytime service will be halved to every hour each way. On Sundays, there'll be an additional journey on service 3 at 2155.

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:01:17:971

[moreton407]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
Am I missing something? Bank holiday Friday?

[Mrboo]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak

(24/04/2020 00:12)moreton407 Wrote:  Am I missing something? Bank holiday Friday?

Also known as Good Friday

[moreton407]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
Googled it.....Normally the early May bank holiday falls on the first Monday of May. But in 2020 it won't be on May 4, it will be on Friday 8. The Government announced the change of date in June to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

[wirralbus]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak

(24/04/2020 04:23)moreton407 Wrote:  Googled it.....Normally the early May bank holiday falls on the first Monday of May. But in 2020 it won't be on May 4, it will be on Friday 8. The Government announced the change of date in June to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

Probably because of the Coronavirus some of the bigger commemorations will be moved to VJ day in August which marks the end of WWII.



.

[Rick Hunter]

RE: North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak
Llandudno festival is usually over Mayday weekend. There was quite a bit of uproar when it was announced the bank holiday would be on a Friday this year. Many people book their holidays and time off work as soon as they get home from the event for the next year. By the time it was announced many people had already booked.